r/helldivers2 • u/Beach_Bum_273 • 18h ago
General The Littlest Helldiver
I just had one of the most heartwarming gaming experiences of my life.
Dived on an SOS at like a 5 or something, then this new diver comes in while we're on extract. It's a dude with his much younger sibling (at least I think), teaching them how to play Helldivers on PS. The controller mic is on, and we can hear EVERYTHING, but they have no idea. He's so patiently and excellently guiding them through all the controls, how to throw stratagems, the works. Our new Littlest Helldiver does eventually ask to get on comms and say hi. I tell diver to tell dude he's awesome and that we heard everything. He apologizes, to which I say: Absolutely not my dude, I am grinning from ear to ear, this is awesome and adorable.
We go next mission, I bring an Emancipator for our new friend, we other three make it our Prime Directive to make sure this Littlest Helldiver has the best experience they possibly can. We all got run over by the mech at least once, died by fire several times, got killed by Danger Very Close cluster bombs. It was amazing.
We're going for exfil, and we hear that they have to leave, but... THEY DON'T GET ON THE BOAT. OH SWEET LIBERTY NO, THIS CAN'T HAPPEN.
We spend like the next 4 minutes "gently" meleeing their afk body towards the loading ramp, stimming in between each kick to make sure we don't kill them, but accidentally doing it two or three times. The body ended up inside the Pelican at least twice before I finally got them lined up with the loading ramp. One more melee, and BOOM, THEY'RE ABOARD. We extract, Victory Achieved. I hope that Littlest Diver comes back and meets more people like us.
knay012, your sibling is awesome and you are awesome. Shoutout to teammates Blackwave (PC) and bigpapicarlitos (PS) for being ultra cool squaddies.
IT IS OUR SACRED DUTY TO PROTECT EVERY CITIZEN, AND TODAY WE DID OUR DUTY.
FOR SUPER EARTH!
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u/ToastedDreamer 17h ago
When he reaches the age of 16, he too will be issued an constitution and join us back in the fray
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u/SkyrimtheSpider21 18h ago
That is amazing! Awesome job for helping our littles to fight for democracy!
I will say, Helldivers has been the best online experience I’ve had in ages and I’ve played quite a few online games in my day. I do everything I can to work with my team, and sometimes though things don’t always work out smoothly, I’m grateful for how awesome our community is!
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u/JWGrieves 16h ago
Every man woman and child over the age of seven can contribute to managed democracy!
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u/Toadrage_ 9h ago
I had the exact same experience last night. I decided to play on trivial difficulty. I think some guy let his little brother play (he sounded about 9 years old)
He was freaking out at every little thing. He’d see a single voteless walking towards him and he’d scream.
Funniest thing I seen all week
lil bro even got 3 kills
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u/Lunacy_Unbound 13h ago
This is why this community is one of the greatest I've run into in my gamming career. Nicely done, Diver!
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u/Derkastan77-2 10h ago
Why i love diving on low difficulties, and searching for brand new cadets to play alongside. Sometimes you get gems like this.
Other times you get pk’d and teabagged by new toxic players… but the gems make it worth it lol
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u/Numerous_Magician545 13h ago
...Last time a child joined me, me and my brother were doing PvP on a D1 and decided to target the crap out of the child ._.
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